Helping Local Government to publish data

The Local Government open data incentive scheme is designed to encourage councils to publish open data in a consistent format on popular themes.  Three themes are in scope from June 2014 to March 2015: planning applications, premises licenses and public toilets.

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Transforming school admissions with Digital Services

At our conference last week, Chris Sale from London Borough of Newham gave a presentation on a digital service that we have created with Newham. I'd like to give you a bit more information about it in this blog post, because it's a great example of how the principles of the Government Digital Strategy are just as relevant at the Local Government level. 

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Five reasons why location analytics is essential for retailers

In a competitive climate, it’s more essential than ever that retailers invest in their businesses to stay fresh; but funds have never been so limited. The public and the government are demanding greener practices and greater sustainability; yet supply chains are becoming more complex and unwieldy. More customers want a service that’s tailored to their personal wants and needs – yet all the while retail operations are growing more global.

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